- Red Still
- 75.0cl
- 14.0%
- Malbec
Proper Argentinian Malbec! Just what you should expect. Intensely coloured still showing youth with some notes of violet. The nose is typical of red fruits such as plums and cherries with hints of vanilla behind from the oak maturation. Full bodied and round with ripe and sweet tannins to back the luscious fruit flavours. Just the thing for a good steak.
Another exceptional offering from Maria Eugenia Baigorria and Sergio Jimenez from their alluvial vineyards in the top area of Mendoza Lujan de Cuyo. Hand picked as is all the fruit at this classy estate, the grapes undergo a second hand selection when they reach the winery to ensure only the finest fruit makes it into the blend. It's then given a 2 or 3 day cold soak to extract great colour and fruit flavour before the cool temperature vinification which takes around three weeks. After the malolactic fermentation the wine is aged for 7 months in French and American oak barrels.
- ❖ ABV: 14.0%
Grapes
Malbec
Vintage report
The 2021 vintage in Mendoza threw producers a proper curveball with late spring frosts that arrived just when everyone thought they were in the clear. Those chilly mornings in October knocked yields down across the region, particularly hitting Malbec vineyards in the higher-altitude sites of Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley. What followed was a growing season of extremes: searingly hot days tempered by those famous Andean temperature swings that keep acidity intact, then a mercifully cool March that allowed extended hang time without the grapes turning to jam.
The result is a vintage of surprising concentration and freshness, where less truly became more. We find the Malbecs show gorgeous depth without the sometimes overwhelming power of hotter years, whilst the high-altitude Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot positively shine with focused intensity. The best wines are drinking beautifully now but have the backbone to cellar well into the 2030s. Those lower yields meant producers had to be selective, but the quality from serious estates is genuinely impressive.
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